PRESS BRIEFING ON OUTCOMES OF TWELFTH SESSION

 

OF COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The presence of more than 100 government ministers in this week’s ministerial segment of the Commission on Sustainable Development had enshrined the place of water, sanitation, and human settlements in the international agenda, Commission Chairman Børge Brende (Norway) said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

press briefing by special rapporteur on adequate housing

It was time to examine the United Nations agenda regarding adequate housing, especially in light of the United States-led war on terror, which was diverting attention from the basic rights to housing, health, food, and education, Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing for the Commission on Human Rights, told correspondents today.

press conference on international meeting to review

implementation of barbados programme of action

The international community had a moral responsibility to protect and help its most vulnerable members, including small island developing States, Julian Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

Press Conference by mayors for peace on nuclear disarmament

Despite their limited powers, mayors could still do their part to promote nuclear disarmament, Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

Press Conference by sustainable development commission chair

The Commission on Sustainable Development had to act as a watchdog and honestly evaluate how much had been done to deliver safe water and basic sanitation to the poor, Børge Brende, Chairman of the Commission’s twelfth session, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

Press Conference by World health organization

Among all Millennium Development Goals, the one on sanitation seemed the most elusive, but investments in sanitation provided a real “bang for the buck”, Kerstin Leitner and Jamie Bartram, both experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), told correspondents this morning during a press conference at Headquarters.

press briefing on world youth 2003

The world’s youth were better off today than previous generations, although many were still severely hampered by a lack of education, poverty, problems of health, unemployment and the impact of conflict, Johan Schölvinck, the Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

press conference by sweden’s prime minister

Wars could start without United Nations support, but could not end that way, Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

He made the comment while briefing correspondents on his meeting today with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.  That meeting had focused on three themes – namely, the situation in Iraq, the state of the Middle East, and the Stockholm summit on genocide.

PRESS BRIEFING ON MEETING BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL,

BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

More coherence was needed between international financial trade and monetary policies and development institutions, Oscar de Rojas, Director of the Financing for Development Office in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said at a Headquarters press briefing today.